I saved an Alpha Workstation a while back from a job while doing a clean up and with it managed to scrounge up a copy of Digital Unix version 4.0D I believe along with a copy of NT server for Alpha and InstallShield for NT/Alpha.

I threw Digital Unix on it but I have no licenses so I can't really do much with it as-is.

My question is, is there any software repository like nekoware for Digital Unix and is Digital Unix even worth looking at or should I just put Linux on it? Also, how was Digital's C/C++ compiler for it?

I've got DIGITAL Unix 4.0E running on mine (because it's the last version to be called DIGITAL Unix), otherwise I would recommend upgrading to 4.0G or 5.1B (although 5.x doesn't feel as speedy as 4.0, even on my XP1000).

I personally like Digital Unix, besides standard stuff like acrobat reader and netscape, there is one particular piece of software, that stands out, and this is Symbolics OpenGenera, a runtime environment for Symbolics' LISP-Machine OS on DIGITAL Unix (it does only work on 4.0 out of the box).

I don't know too much about NT4 on AXP, as my XP1000 is the faster version with EV67 and this one doesn't support NT anymore

EDIT: If you're feeling adventurous, there's always OpenVMS you can get VMS licenses from openvmshobbyistLicenses for DEC OSes are not bound to a specific version, I'm running my DU 4.0E with a Tru64 5.1B-4 license.

It's been a while since I dug out my DEC 3000/600 and gave Digital Unix a whirl again. The turbochannel boxes don't run 5 very well, and anyway, I prefer 4 (as pointed out 4.0E is DIGITAL branded). The graphical installer is call.I also run 3.2C which is what I got the box with back in 1994. That runs DECwindows, so looks a lot like OpenVMS 7.